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Farmers’ role in climate mitigation
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | March 2019 This winter has brought extreme polar vortexes seeing wind chills of -50°C, contrasted...
Join us for the NFU-O AGM – The power of food: how to build community in the 21st century
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | February 2019 Join us February 21-23 at the Gibson Centre - 63 Tupper Street West,...
Whose seed?
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | January 2019 Seed Synergy, the corporate seed industry lobby group, is pushing the federal government...
Year in review – strengthening local relationships
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | December 2018 What an amazing year the NFU-O has had! We’d like to look back...
Encouraging a new generation of farmers
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | November 2018 In Ontario, 55 per cent of farmers are over the age of 55...
Farmland, water protection and new farmers should be top priorities for new government
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | September 2018 Recently, the NFU-O asked you how the new Ontario government could best support...
Save our swallows with Nature Canada
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | August 2018 By Ted Cheskey and Brodie Badcock-Parks Nature Canada Everyone loves swallows, the busy...
Mitigating the effects of extreme weather events through soil health
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | July 2018 By Tony Straathof It’s early June, and now that the planting is complete,...
Beyond Election Day: making your voice heard
National Farmers Union – Ontario Newsletter The Rural Voice | June 2018 By the time this magazine arrives in your mailbox, you will be about...